News, stories and statements on cooperatives
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Mapping study of the social and solidarity economy in ETHIOPIA
25 August 2023
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Mapping study on the social and solidarity economy in ZAMBIA
23 August 2023
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Mapping study of the social and solidarity economy in EGYPT
23 August 2023
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Spotlight Interviews with Co-operators
Interview with Orkun Doğan, Economist and Researcher/Partner at Yerkure Local Studies Cooperative and Dissensus Research
17 August 2023
“Spotlight Interviews with Co-operators” is a series of interviews with co-operators from around the world with whom ILO officials have crossed paths during the course of their work on cooperatives and the wider social and solidarity economy (SSE). On this occasion, the ILO interviewed Orkun Doğan, Economist and Researcher/Partner at Yerkure Local Studies Cooperative and Dissensus Research.
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Time to Act for SDG 8
What will it take to ensure Decent work for all?
03 August 2023
Sustainable Development Goal 8 on Decent Work for All is the only SDG that brings together social, economic and environmental targets. It has an impact on all other Agenda 2030 goals. Ahead of the UN SDG Summit on 18-19 September, we ask what will it take to ensure it is achieved?
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News
HLPF side event on "Leveraging Social Innovation to Advance the Sustainable Development Goals" co-hosted by the ILO, Canada, Costa Rica, France, Senegal, and UNCTAD
01 August 2023
The side event took place on July 18, 2023 at the UN Headquarters in New York, bringing together countries and stakeholders with shared and diverse views to discuss how social innovation can be leveraged to advance the SDGs.
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News
ILO and Sungkonghoe University sign MOU on coops and SSE collaboration
25 July 2023
The ILO mission sought to share its work on cooperatives and the wider social and solidarity economy in Korea and explored opportunities to further strengthen collaboration with Korean universities.
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News
44th Regular Meeting of The UN Task Force on Social and Solidarity Economy (UNTFSSE)
25 July 2023
The 44th UNTFSSE meeting was held virtually on Tuesday, July 11, 2023. It brought together around 30 participants from seven member (ILO, UNRISD, ECLAC, UNDP, UNDESA, UNCTAD and OECD) and eleven observer organizations (Catalyst2030, CIRIEC, CSEND, EMES, EURICSE, DIESIS, GSEF, Euclid Network, ICA, SSE International Forum, RIPESS).
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News
ILO COOP/SSE presents and explores collaboration on SSE at KOICA headquarters
24 July 2023
On Thursday July 6, ILO COOP/SSE had the opportunity to present areas of work and potential for collaboration to staff from Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) at their Headquarters in Seongnam.
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News
Launch of SSE Awareness Raising Package by ILO, ITCILO and UNTFSSE
24 July 2023